Other ways to say

Cheap 

Hi guys❗ How is it going❓

Yesterday,  I went to the stationery store in order to buy some items 📐📚 for my little nephew 👦. He starts school 🔛 monday. Anyway, I found many items which were a real bargain. So, I was wondering if you know #otherwaystosay #cheap 👌💰❓

In the following conversations, you can find ❸ of them. Try to guess the differences between them.

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Thomas: I'm looking for an economical package tour.
Maurice: Lucky you! This month, package tours are offered at inexpensive prices.

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Rose: Hi, girl❗ How is it going❓
Alice: Hi❗ Oh my god❗ When do you buy that luxury 👗 ❓
Rose: This one❓ Well, I got this 👗 half-price last year 🔛 Black Friday. It was a real bargain.

Did you guess the difference between the previous ways to say cheap❓ Well; if you are 😕, don´t 😟. Let´s see their meanings and other ones' meanings 😉.

Low-cost
We use this adjective as a synomym of cheap.
    A large number of 🏦s offers low-cost loans.

Affordable

This adjective is used for referring to the prices of things or services that are cheap enough for most 👨👩 to be able to buy or pay for.

    The bookshop sells novels at affordable prices.

Inexpensive
Its meaning is deducible, isn't it❓ - It means not expensive. 👨👩 use this adjective to talk objects or services of good quality although they do not cost a lot.
    This month, package tours are offered at inexpensive prices.

Economical
If you read the economical-vs-economics post, you know what it means. - 👨👩 use it to refer to something that provides a good service or value in relation to the amount of ⏳ or 💰 spent.
    I'm looking for an economical package tour.

Budget
This one is used for describing very cheap things. who are not married.
    That airline's offering budget flights for 🎄🎅.

A bargain
This noun is the way 👨👩 called something on sale at a lower price than its true value.
    I got this 👗 half-price last year 🔛 Black Friday. It was a real bargain.

Cheap and cheerful
Use this 🇬🇧 expression for saying that something is not expensive but of a reasonable quality. care of 👦👧.
    Cheap and cheerful 🍱 is served in that Japanese restaurant.

Cheap and nasty
This a 🇬🇧 way for saying that something is of very bad quality and costs little.

    I don't purchase 👟👟 in the supermarket. They're cheap and nasty.

I'm sure you have your own particular way to say cheap. So, I challenge you to use one of the others. Do you accept the challenge❓

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